MPEC 2001-A36: OBSERVABLE COMETS (2001 JAN. 21.0 TT)
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M.P.E.C. 2001-A36 Issued 2001 Jan. 10, 15:59 UT
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minor planets and routine data on comets. They are published
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OBSERVABLE COMETS (2001 JAN. 21.0 TT)
Ephemerides and orbital elements for the objects listed here
are available on the Minor Planet Center's WWW site at:
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Comets/index.html
Designation (and name) Orbit Ephem. Last obs. code Mag.
2P/Encke 40671 2000 Oct. 30 320
4P/Faye 27081 41946 2000 Apr. 28 360 17.4 T
6P/d'Arrest 34422 41946 1999 Feb. 14 693 22.8 T
7P/Pons-Winnecke 34422 41577 1996 Nov. 19 691 19.9 T
9P/Tempel 1 29881 38205 2000 Dec. 27 360 19.0 T
10P/Tempel 2 27082 41037 2000 Dec. 6 360 19.6 N
14P/Wolf 29882 38205 2000 Dec. 22 360 19.2 T
17P/Holmes 29881 39660 2000 Dec. 23 349 17.5 T
24P/Schaumasse 31663 39662 2000 Dec. 22 360 18.0 T
28P/Neujmin 1 34424 41392 2000 May 1 695 21.1 T
29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 23105 41946 2000 Aug. 23 360 17.0 N
31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 2 41899 40714 2000 Dec. 29 699 18.0 T
36P/Whipple 40670 41759 2000 May 2 809
39P/Oterma 34423 40537 1962 Aug. 7 689
41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak 41717 41038 2001 Jan. 3 349 11.4 T
47P/Ashbrook-Jackson 31662 38203 2000 Dec. 22 360 13.4 T
49P/Arend-Rigaux CCO 13 41760 1999 May 14 704 20.0 T
53P/Van Biesbroeck 40671 41946 1993 Oct. 21 691 23.1 N
61P/Shajn-Schaldach 31664 38204 2000 Nov. 18 704 18.9 T
64P/Swift-Gehrels 41899 2000 Dec. 29 867 18.7 T
65P/Gunn 40670 41037 2000 Dec. 27 699 16.8 T
70P/Kojima 29882 41576 2001 Jan. 4 704 18.3 T
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 41717 2000 Dec. 29 351 12.3 T
74P/Smirnova-Chernykh 31662 41212 2001 Jan. 4 704 17.9 T
75P/Kohoutek 31663 41037 1988 May 19 568
76P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura 29881 41211 1994 Mar. 30 360 18.1 T
77P/Longmore CCO 13 41036 1998 Nov. 22 693 21.0 T
82P/Gehrels 3 31664 40713 1995 June 23 691 21.6 T
84P/Giclas 27082 41947 2000 May 1 695 19.4 T
86P/Wild 3 31664 41947 1997 Dec. 30 568
87P/Bus 29882 41575 2000 May 1 695 19.7 T
88P/Howell 36213 41575 1999 Nov. 12 704 20.3 T
89P/Russell 2 CCO 13 41947 1995 Sept. 3 691 20.4 T
97P/Metcalf-Brewington 41159 41209 2000 Dec. 23 704 19.1 T
108P/Ciffreo 36654 41759 2000 Dec. 22 696 20.5 T
110P/Hartley 3 31663 40537 2000 Dec. 31 941 16.3 T
113P/Spitaler 31663 40856 2000 Dec. 28 704 19.1 T
116P/Wild 4 40670 40712 2000 Nov. 30 732 18.5 T
117P/Helin-Roman-Alu 1 27080 40714 1999 Dec. 12 897 17.5 T
119P/Parker-Hartley 25513 41759 1998 Mar. 2 402 18.9 T
124P/Mrkos 34422 41038 1999 Nov. 13 695 22.4 T
125P/Spacewatch 34422 41758 1996 Sept. 2 360 16.0 T
128P/Shoemaker-Holt 1 30632 41576 1999 Apr. 16 693 19.5 T
129P/Shoemaker-Levy 3 30739 41947 1999 Apr. 20 704 18.7 T
136P/Mueller 3 36654 40857 1999 Dec. 26 897 18.3 T
137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2 35208 40857 2000 Dec. 29 867 19.2 T
139P/Vaisala-Oterma 33190 41212 1999 Mar. 16 691 19.8 T
142P/Ge-Wang 35815 40856 1999 Oct. 21 402 18.8 T
143P/Kowal-Mrkos 39792 41760 2000 June 6 360 19.0 N
144P/Kushida 41159 41209 2000 July 27 809
145P/Shoemaker-Levy 5 41159 41210 2000 Dec. 23 349 16.3 T
146P/Shoemaker-LINEAR 41338 41391 2000 Dec. 30 699 18.6 T
147P/Kushida-Muramatsu 41527 41574 2000 Oct. 8 809 21.0 T
148P/Anderson-LINEAR 41899 41758 2000 Dec. 23 704 19.0 T
P/1986 W1 (Lovas 2) 29881 40856 1987 Mar. 3 691 20 T
P/1992 G3 (Mueller 4) 31663 41213 1992 July 2 801
P/1993 K2 (Helin-Lawrence) 34423 41210 1997 Dec. 30 568
P/1997 T3 (Lagerkvist-Carsenty) 35205 41040 1999 Feb. 13 693 19.4 T
P/1998 QP54 (LONEOS-Tucker) 33650 41943 1999 Feb. 14 693 19.6 T
P/1998 U3 (Jager) 34421 41759 1999 May 11 900 13.9 T
P/1998 U4 (Spahr) 36653 41212 2000 Feb. 10 704 18.7 T
P/1998 VS24 (LINEAR) 33651 41211 1999 Jan. 14 693 19.1 T
P/1999 DN3 (Korlevic-Juric) 34734 41761 1999 July 7 360 17.9 T
P/1999 V1 (Catalina) 39022 41392 2000 Apr. 24 360 17.9 T
P/1999 WJ7 (Korlevic) 41716 2001 Jan. 1 349 16.6 T
P/2000 R2 (LINEAR) 41716 41389 2000 Nov. 29 360
P/2000 S1 (Skiff) 41716 41390 2000 Dec. 22 360 18.1 T
P/2000 S4 (LINEAR-Spacewatch) 41526 2000 Nov. 21 691 21.0 T
P/2000 U6 (Tichy) 41898 41574 2000 Dec. 27 682 16.9 T
P/2000 Y3 (Scotti) 41898 41946 2001 Jan. 5 691 18.9 T
C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 35204 41390 2000 Dec. 22 428 17.5 T
C/1997 BA6 (Spacewatch) 41524 2000 Dec. 9 349 14.9 T
C/1997 J2 (Meunier-Dupouy) 35204 41389 1999 Oct. 9 432 18.5 T
C/1998 G1 (LINEAR) 32168 41575 1998 June 17 696 18.5 T
C/1998 M5 (LINEAR) 40668 40854 2000 May 8 360 16.8 T
C/1998 T1 (LINEAR) 40668 41391 2000 May 8 360 17.0 T
C/1999 E1 (Li) 39021 41211 2000 May 29 360 17.4 T
C/1999 F1 (Catalina) 39021 41391 2000 July 9 860 16.9 T
C/1999 F2 (Dalcanton) 39021 41574 1999 June 14 402 16.1 T
C/1999 H1 (Lee) 36212 39661 2000 Jan. 8 402 16.6 T
C/1999 H3 (LINEAR) 41897 41213 2001 Jan. 3 349 16.5 T
C/1999 J2 (Skiff) 41897 40854 2000 Dec. 26 349 16.4 T
C/1999 K2 (Ferris) 35553 41389 1999 Aug. 29 402 18.4 T
C/1999 K5 (LINEAR) 41897 41943 2000 Dec. 18 428 16.1 N
C/1999 K8 (LINEAR) 41524 39662 2000 Dec. 29 360 15.8 T
C/1999 L3 (LINEAR) 37478 40856 2000 Mar. 30 360 16.1 T
C/1999 N4 (LINEAR) 40823 41577 2000 Sept.20 360 17.0 T
C/1999 S2 (McNaught-Watson) 41897 40536 2000 Dec. 22 428 18.2 T
C/1999 T1 (McNaught-Hartley) 41524 41944 2001 Jan. 3 428 13.4 T
C/1999 T2 (LINEAR) 41525 41944 2000 Dec. 29 349 13.4 T
C/1999 T3 (LINEAR) 41897 40713 2000 Dec. 29 360 17.6 T
C/1999 U1 (Ferris) 41158 40714 2000 Jan. 28 360 17.5 T
C/1999 U4 (Catalina-Skiff) 41525 40713 2000 Dec. 29 360 15.9 T
C/1999 XS87 (LINEAR) 39023 41210 2000 Mar. 5 704 19.2 T
C/1999 Y1 (LINEAR) 41525 40536 2001 Jan. 5 704 15.8 T
C/2000 A1 (Montani) 41716 41039 2000 Dec. 29 360 18.6 T
C/2000 B2 (LINEAR) 39023 41037 2000 Mar. 30 360 18.8 T
C/2000 B4 (LINEAR) 41897 41040 2000 Dec. 29 867 19.6 T
C/2000 CT54 (LINEAR) 41158 41576 2000 July 9 860 18.4 T
C/2000 D2 (LINEAR) 40669 40714 2000 Mar. 30 360 18.8 T
C/2000 G2 (LINEAR) 40669 41392 2000 May 3 360 19.4 T
C/2000 J1 (Ferris) 40823 41575 2000 June 1 540 20 T
C/2000 K1 (LINEAR) 40823 40855 2000 Sept.20 360 16.9 T
C/2000 K2 (LINEAR) 41898 40855 2000 Dec. 22 360 14.3 T
C/2000 O1 (Koehn) 41159 41036 2000 Nov. 22 360 18.9 T
C/2000 S3 41898 41390 2000 Dec. 27 360 20.2 T
C/2000 SV74 (LINEAR) 41716 41574 2001 Jan. 4 704 17.9 T
C/2000 U5 (LINEAR) 41898 41944 2001 Jan. 4 704 18.6 T
C/2000 W1 (Utsunomiya-Jones) 41898 41944 2001 Jan. 4 249
C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) 41898 41945 2000 Dec. 30 941 17.9 T
C/2000 Y1 (Tubbiolo) 41898 41945 2001 Jan. 4 691 19.8 T
C/2000 Y2 41898 41945 2001 Jan. 4 411
Ephemeris Positions Of Observable Comets For 2001 Jan. 21.0 TT
Designation (and name) R.A. (2000) Decl. Geo. Hel. El. Ph.
C/2000 K2 (LINEAR) 21 49.41 -00 30.7 3.48 2.68 30.6 10.8
C/1999 H1 (Lee) 22 30.56 -10 55.4 7.62 6.83 34.3 4.7
61P/Shajn-Schaldach 22 31.53 -09 29.4 3.19 2.45 35.0 13.3
C/1998 G1 (LINEAR) 22 36.24 -09 46.2 7.76 6.99 36.0 4.7
C/2000 O1 (Koehn) 22 45.32 +24 10.5 6.91 6.44 57.6 7.4
47P/Ashbrook-Jackson 22 50.20 -08 32.9 2.98 2.31 39.7 15.8
C/1997 J2 (Meunier-Dupouy) 23 31.89 -57 30.4 9.83 9.25 52.1 4.8
144P/Kushida 23 40.60 +00 43.2 2.61 2.20 54.9 21.5
C/1999 Y1 (LINEAR) 23 52.54 +07 05.7 3.52 3.15 60.4 15.8
C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) 00 10.53 +48 42.5 5.10 5.14 86.6 11.0
14P/Wolf 00 16.04 +01 12.5 2.73 2.45 63.2 21.0
9P/Tempel 1 00 17.31 -06 22.3 3.72 3.35 60.7 14.8
124P/Mrkos 00 39.97 +22 56.3 4.20 4.11 78.0 13.5
P/2000 S1 (Skiff) 00 44.95 +05 28.7 3.13 2.97 71.5 18.3
C/2000 SV74 (LINEAR) 00 49.37 +09 54.0 5.58 5.40 74.2 10.1
97P/Metcalf-Brewington 00 53.23 -02 22.8 2.84 2.68 70.5 20.3
C/2000 S3 00 57.39 +01 14.4 3.31 3.17 72.7 17.3
148P/Anderson-LINEAR 01 04.19 +04 03.5 1.95 1.95 75.4 29.3
113P/Spitaler 01 22.62 +12 36.0 2.03 2.14 82.8 27.1
P/2000 R2 (LINEAR) 01 24.01 +06 17.0 1.85 1.95 80.8 29.9
C/2000 D2 (LINEAR) 01 32.94 +01 10.2 3.92 3.89 81.0 14.5
C/1999 K8 (LINEAR) 01 38.52 -10 25.9 4.87 4.77 78.5 11.7
24P/Schaumasse 01 50.75 +06 57.5 1.49 1.75 87.2 34.2
C/1999 L3 (LINEAR) 01 52.49 +27 02.6 4.38 4.57 94.6 12.4
75P/Kohoutek 02 03.53 +15 33.6 1.48 1.82 93.1 32.7
C/1999 T3 (LINEAR) 02 07.89 -34 21.2 5.59 5.47 77.9 10.1
C/1999 U4 (Catalina-Skiff) 02 16.61 +51 44.6 5.02 5.37 106.1 10.1
116P/Wild 4 02 18.65 +15 50.5 4.06 4.29 96.6 13.2
147P/Kushida-Muramatsu 02 21.14 +12 24.9 2.52 2.80 96.1 20.4
C/1999 U1 (Ferris) 02 26.96 +34 27.4 7.68 7.97 103.9 6.9
17P/Holmes 02 34.15 +38 52.8 2.37 2.81 106.4 19.7
P/2000 U6 (Tichy) 02 38.20 +35 14.9 1.83 2.31 106.3 24.2
C/1999 S2 (McNaught-Watson) 03 03.53 -41 28.3 9.92 9.90 85.9 5.7
C/2000 Y1 (Tubbiolo) 03 19.31 +17 37.0 7.57 7.97 111.1 6.6
C/2000 U5 (LINEAR) 03 31.36 +13 40.9 4.01 4.49 112.8 11.7
110P/Hartley 3 03 38.20 +27 09.5 1.89 2.50 117.4 20.4
82P/Gehrels 3 03 54.05 +19 57.1 3.11 3.70 119.6 13.4
31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 2 03 56.97 +16 52.3 3.12 3.70 119.6 13.4
77P/Longmore 04 28.44 +50 20.5 3.27 3.94 126.7 11.6
C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 04 34.83 -79 28.4 12.95 12.75 76.4 4.3
117P/Helin-Roman-Alu 1 04 43.17 +24 16.8 4.48 5.18 131.5 8.2
145P/Shoemaker-Levy 5 05 05.44 +39 10.9 1.60 2.40 135.5 16.7
C/1999 K5 (LINEAR) 05 19.45 -65 01.6 3.65 3.76 88.8 15.2
P/2000 Y3 (Scotti) 05 44.44 +26 11.8 3.21 4.06 145.4 7.9
10P/Tempel 2 05 49.82 +17 27.4 2.98 3.84 146.1 8.2
C/2000 B2 (LINEAR) 06 18.38 -23 30.0 4.65 5.32 128.4 8.3
88P/Howell 06 31.34 +27 02.6 3.86 4.78 155.7 4.9
142P/Ge-Wang 06 42.03 +08 29.8 3.62 4.53 155.2 5.2
146P/Shoemaker-LINEAR 07 10.53 +51 23.0 1.57 2.45 146.3 12.9
P/1986 W1 (Lovas 2) 07 20.73 +21 47.9 2.22 3.18 167.7 3.8
136P/Mueller 3 07 25.11 +16 47.1 3.32 4.29 168.2 2.7
125P/Spacewatch 07 34.70 +12 49.4 2.31 3.28 168.4 3.5
65P/Gunn 08 03.51 +30 47.1 3.42 4.39 168.9 2.5
137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2 08 09.50 +13 59.9 2.48 3.46 174.0 1.7
7P/Pons-Winnecke 08 30.14 +33 39.3 3.17 4.13 165.8 3.4
C/2000 A1 (Montani) 09 20.51 +26 25.3 8.85 9.80 163.2 1.7
C/2000 Y2 09 23.78 +00 38.0 1.93 2.84 154.1 8.7
P/1997 T3 (Lagerkvist-Carsenty) 09 48.83 +19 03.7 5.35 6.27 157.4 3.5
C/1998 M5 (LINEAR) 09 51.19 -38 27.6 7.02 7.52 117.2 6.7
53P/Van Biesbroeck 10 07.71 +11 03.1 5.43 6.31 151.0 4.3
C/1999 XS87 (LINEAR) 10 11.35 -05 43.6 4.55 5.36 141.2 6.6
C/2000 B4 (LINEAR) 10 12.72 +23 09.0 6.04 6.92 152.0 3.8
P/1993 K2 (Helin-Lawrence) 10 39.80 +19 17.2 3.65 4.49 145.5 7.1
C/2000 G2 (LINEAR) 10 41.69 +08 41.6 3.30 4.13 142.3 8.4
C/1999 H3 (LINEAR) 10 44.43 +08 56.7 4.93 5.74 141.8 6.1
P/1998 VS24 (LINEAR) 10 57.07 +06 13.0 3.87 4.64 137.9 8.2
P/1998 U4 (Spahr) 11 10.06 -08 43.4 4.27 4.94 127.8 9.1
P/1998 QP54 (LONEOS-Tucker) 11 12.99 +06 04.3 4.71 5.45 134.2 7.4
C/1998 T1 (LINEAR) 11 21.54 +01 58.0 5.78 6.46 130.6 6.6
84P/Giclas 11 24.18 +10 43.4 3.24 3.98 133.1 10.4
139P/Vaisala-Oterma 11 28.17 +00 31.3 4.04 4.71 128.5 9.4
108P/Ciffreo 11 39.08 +21 26.5 2.17 2.92 132.0 14.5
74P/Smirnova-Chernykh 12 06.43 +08 06.9 2.92 3.55 122.4 13.6
C/1999 F1 (Catalina) 12 33.36 -47 23.4 6.32 6.41 91.0 8.8
4P/Faye 13 00.93 -09 00.9 4.33 4.66 103.5 11.8
70P/Kojima 13 07.94 -00 09.6 1.78 2.25 105.2 25.0
C/1999 E1 (Li) 13 13.99 +35 26.2 5.96 6.41 113.1 8.1
28P/Neujmin 1 13 27.72 -17 15.1 6.04 6.19 94.3 9.1
C/2000 J1 (Ferris) 13 37.06 -46 43.4 3.64 3.63 81.5 15.6
6P/d'Arrest 13 45.30 +06 01.0 3.30 3.58 98.5 15.8
89P/Russell 2 13 45.55 -03 17.8 3.28 3.51 95.3 16.2
P/1992 G3 (Mueller 4) 13 56.09 +10 14.2 2.34 2.65 97.4 21.6
P/1999 V1 (Catalina) 14 00.33 -28 52.1 4.30 4.30 83.1 13.1
128P/Shoemaker-Holt 1 14 32.20 -15 17.2 5.56 5.49 80.4 10.2
76P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura 14 32.28 +20 41.4 2.39 2.63 92.6 22.0
86P/Wild 3 15 18.40 -07 13.1 2.64 2.52 72.2 21.9
87P/Bus 15 43.91 -18 30.7 2.45 2.19 63.1 23.7
C/1999 T1 (McNaught-Hartley) 15 52.32 +03 49.4 1.32 1.32 68.2 43.8
C/1999 N4 (LINEAR) 15 58.60 -00 38.0 6.13 5.78 65.0 8.9
C/1999 J2 (Skiff) 16 02.76 +10 29.6 7.65 7.35 68.6 7.2
C/2000 K1 (LINEAR) 16 31.13 +19 05.2 7.18 6.85 66.9 7.6
C/2000 CT54 (LINEAR) 16 54.56 -56 39.1 3.99 3.47 51.7 12.9
119P/Parker-Hartley 16 56.84 -22 19.2 6.19 5.55 45.6 7.3
P/1998 U3 (Jager) 16 57.83 -36 42.2 6.15 5.51 45.5 7.3
C/1999 T2 (LINEAR) 17 05.52 +25 05.9 3.39 3.09 64.0 16.6
41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak 17 12.13 -16 45.5 1.55 1.07 42.9 38.8
36P/Whipple 17 28.67 -15 02.4 5.38 4.66 39.4 7.7
49P/Arend-Rigaux 17 45.82 -12 38.4 6.22 5.45 36.0 6.1
C/2000 W1 (Utsunomiya-Jones) 17 46.19 -17 52.3 1.32 0.76 34.7 47.5
143P/Kowal-Mrkos 17 59.21 -22 32.4 3.68 2.89 31.2 10.2
C/1999 F2 (Dalcanton) 18 17.23 +24 45.1 8.64 8.08 52.8 5.6
P/1999 DN3 (Korlevic-Juric) 18 22.73 -39 01.1 5.39 4.57 30.4 6.3
C/1999 K2 (Ferris) 19 50.89 +37 56.5 7.51 7.04 58.1 6.8
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